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In general: Recycling Industry, Circular Economy, Recycling Technology, Secondary Raw Material, Recycling, Recycling Markets, Collection, Reuse, Waste, Waste Management, Industrial Waste, Automobile Recycling, Scrap, C&D Waste, Electronic Scrap Recycling, Screening Machines, Separator, e-Waste, Sorter, Sensor Sorter, Splitter, Crusher, Shredder, Magnetic Separators, Metal Recycling, Ferrous, Non-Ferrous, Plastic Recycling, Scrap Recycling, Wastepaper, Plastic Waste, Second Hand Clothing, Textile Waste, Tyres, Hazardous Waste, Waste Processing Plants, Waste Legislation and much more.
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Laser-based Sensor Technology for Recycling Metals
In order to help the industry have greater access to raw materials, the German partners – Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and Cronimet Ferroleg. GmbH – have jointly developed a laser-based sorting process for metal scrap. The sensor they have developed as part of the “PLUS” project (PLUS = Pilot plant for laser-based sorting […]
Ultra-High Performance Concrete Using Waste Clay
Engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) repurpose excavation waste to produce greener and stronger concrete. Concrete is made up of water, cement and a filler such as sand. The cement industry alone is responsible for about eight percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, and the production of concrete consumes ten percent of […]
Philippines’ Waste and the Ban of Incineration
September 01, 2020, Win Gatchalian, Senator of the Republic, held a privilege speech at the Senate of the Philippines. In his words, “the Philippines is facing a garbage crisis” that requires immediate concerted action from the government and civil society. “And we need to act now before it is too late.” Will the country overcome […]
Promateris Invests in Bioplastic Production Capacity
The Romania-based manufacturer has invested more than ten million Euro in developing a state-of-the-art facility near Bucharest and intends to build another plant. The existing facility in Buftea, dedicated to processing bioplastics derived from renewable resources, increased the company’s production capacity to 15,000 tons/year. Promateris has become “the leading production capacity in Central and Eastern […]
South American Businesses Face Various Challenges
A common denominator in the Latin American markets is the adverse effect from the pandemic, as outlined in the latest World Mirror, published by the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) in May. As described by Alejandro Jaramillo, Chairman of the BIR Latin America Committee, the Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations have been dropping in most Mexican […]
Bratislava Launches Project Using Smart Technology
Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, in cooperation with the technology company Sensoneo, has announced the launch of a project targeted at waste digitalization and efficient waste collection. The European Innovation Council subsidized the project. Sensoneo received the respective grant in the summer of 2020 for the large-scale deployment of its solution to demonstrate its environmental […]
New Mobile Windshifter from Nihot
The SDM windshifter is produced by Dutch companies Nihot and TRS. The new version is an offering from Nihot Recycling Technology B.V. in conjunction with TRS BV. According to the manufacturer, it will enlarge the product range, meeting both market and customers’ needs. “The SDi windshifter, the most reliable and versatile heavy/light separator, is now […]
How to Get a “Green” Ship Recycling
In 2018, in summary, 744 ships were dismantled worldwide, resulting in 18.9 million GT (Gross Tonnage) material. With 253 wrecks, India scrapped a third of all ships by numbers, while Bangladesh, with nearly eight million GT, broke most material in terms of volume, indicating that this country’s yards were the preferred destination for larger vessels. […]
Chrysalix RoboValley Fund Invests in Technology Firm
Global venture capital fund Chrysalix, headquartered in Canada, has invested in Sortera Alloys, developers of an intelligent sorting system for the upcycling of non-ferrous scrap metal. As reported, the system enables accurate, high throughput sorting by metal type and alloy composition through a combination of sensor fusion (XRF-x-ray fluorescence, Optical), AI/ML (artificial intelligence/machine learning) image […]
Stelco Signs MoU with Primobius to Construct a Plant for Recycling of Li-Ion Battery Metals
The goal is recovering lithium, nickel, cobalt and other materials from expended lithium-ion batteries in North America. Primobius GmbH is a 50:50 joint venture company owned by Australian Neometals Ltd., and German-based SMS group (www.sms-group.com) to commercialize an environmentally friendly recycling solution for end-of-life and scrap lithium-ion battery (LiB) cells. The company has recently signed […]
International Take-Back of Old Equipment
German-based RENE AG – a network, which handles international compliance tasks stemming from WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment), batteries and packaging obligations for companies – offers its service worldwide. Around 80 states across the globe have formally defined standards for environmentally sound recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), the business that runs […]
Global E-Commerce Packaging Market
The rise of the e-commerce shopping market is connected to a rising e-commerce packaging sector. As per this recently issued market research report by Facts & Factors, the global e-commerce packaging market was about 27 billion US-Dollar in 2020, with sales value projected to hit around 62 billion US-Dollar by the end of 2026. The […]
Textiles: Sorting For Circularity
Netherland-based organization Fashion for Good – a global platform for innovation, made possible through collaboration and community with partners – has launched a new project to drive textile recycling. The number of discarded textiles is increasing annually, with projections of further acceleration. Although some of this waste is reused, a significant proportion is diverted for […]
Stadler: Enhanced Efficiency and Increased Uptime
German-based plant builder Stadler has developed in-house the Service Data Cloud (SDC) platform, which captures operating and sensor data from the equipment at the customer’s sorting plant. According to the company, the solution provides a complete overview of the sorting plant’s operation with data captured from the facility’s equipment, unlocking opportunities to optimize its efficiency, […]
New CAT 953 Track Loader
A track loader is the one machine that can do it all – clear, load, dig, carry, fill and more. As underlined by the American manufacturer Caterpillar, the new Cat 953 Track Loader combines versatility with up to ten percent better fuel efficiency, more productivity, and cab and controllability improvements. The new model would meet […]